Study 1- Behavioural Findings

Question 1

Aim

Answer 1

Find out whether people who had difficulties delaying gratification at 4 still had difficulties 40 years later

Question 2

Sample

Answer 2

Sample taken from people in the original test
27 low delayers, 32 high delayers, all 44

Question 3

Procedure

Answer 3

Shown faces on a laptop, some neutral, but in hot version some smiling some fearful
Had to press button when they saw particular face

Question 4

Go/no go

Answer 4

Told to press button on fearful face, but not happy face.

Question 5

Findings

Answer 5

High delayers were better at not pressing the button when they saw happy faces than low delayers.

Question 6

Conclusions

Answer 6

Suggest that the ability to delay gratification is a relatively stable characteristic within people